Ladies
I know this is hard to think about when you have just been diagnosed because there will be so much reeling through your brain and emotions -
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make sure you discuss the future in terms of corrective surgery options - reconstruction and/or reduction - before you agree to surgery whether mastectomy or breast-conserving surgery. If you will be having radiotherapy it could limit options for future surgery so you need to understand the implications, and to discuss these with your nurse/oncologist.
I have been somewhat caught out with this and it has been ‘sorted’ now, but I would have been saved a lot of angst if I had been given full information prior to surgery.
This isn’t meant to be alarmist, just a kindly hint …
best wishes to you all
grumpy